HVAC Equipment Manufacturers - United Kingdom
- Published: October 2011
There is an increasing demand for postal reform across all nations. In many countries, including the UK, national telecommunications and postal services have already been split, with telecommunications provision being completely privatised.
Initial reforms in the UK do not make provision for privatisation of postal services, i.e. the introduction of competition to the provision of services notably, the collection and delivery of letters weighing under 350 grams and costing under £1, hitherto reserved for the national carrier. In the UK, The Royal Mail has been responsible for all letter collection and delivery under its Universal Service Provision obligation.
The Postal Services Act 2000 decreed that The Royal Mail would be permitted to act as if it were a private company - although all its shares would be retained by the Government - but that competition should be introduced in such a way that the universal service would not be compromised. At the same time, a new body - known as The Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) - was appointed to implement these changes.
Many companies operating within the mail services arena - those outside of that reserved for
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